Chapter 10: Changing for My Younger Sister
“Get… get down for breakfast!”
“…..No!”
I forcefully grabbed Keling’s wrist and tried to pull her off the bed. But Keling was determined to resist, flailing her arms and kicking and punching me.
However, I couldn’t care about my image anymore! I was genuinely furious! I was absolutely going to take her downstairs!
That being said, the situation wasn’t progressing smoothly. While I was stronger in terms of arm strength, Keling’s limbs were surprisingly agile and she’d always manage to slip free before I could apply any real force.
“Are you a loach? How are you so flexible!” Of course, partly because I subconsciously didn’t want to hurt Keling, I wasn’t using my full strength.
“Tsk! Are you a loach? You’re so slippery!”
“You’re the loach! Your whole family are loaches!”
“That includes you!”
“I am not! Please don’t arbitrarily consider me family! We just happen to live in the same house, who do you think is your family!”
Tsk, this damn girl…
Just grabbing her limbs was useless, so in the end, I simply pushed her down and pinned her head on either side, blocking her escape routes. Yes, it was the classic “kabedon”, or maybe a “hebyedon” these days.
Keling and I were in a standard “guy on top, girl on bottom” position. Normally, this kind of situation would lead to something intimate, but we were both too angry to calm down.
“Let’s see where you think you can escape now.”
Keling turned her head away with displeasure, her cheeks slightly flushed. It was hard to tell if it was from anger or embarrassment. Maybe it was both.
“…..So what?”
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“What?”
“I said, so what! What are you going to do to me if I don’t yield?!”
Keling turned her face back, a mocking smile on her lips, her eyes filled with contempt and disdain. “Oh, you consider yourself a brother? A brother wouldn’t do anything to his sister, right? ….A boring game of make-believe…”
I fell silent, my anger as though doused with a bucket of cold water, completely extinguished. On the contrary, Keling, seeing my anger subside, became even more annoyed, grinding her teeth and finally shouting at me in exasperation.
“What’s wrong! Come on! Dare you? You wouldn’t even dare to touch a single finger of mine! You’re acting all tough, who are you trying to scare!”
If anyone else had said that to me, perhaps someone as calm as me would have already flown into a rage and pounced without a second thought. But she was Keling. She was my younger sister.
Though it was frustrating, Keling was right; I truly didn’t dare to do anything to her.
“Coward!”
“Don’t try to provoke me. I won’t do anything to you.”
“Then get off me, you’re in the way!”
“No, you have to agree to come downstairs and eat with me.”
“Are you crazy?! I said I don’t want to eat!”
“That’s not okay. I indulged you before, but from today onwards, you must eat properly.”
Seeing my unyielding attitude, Keling was momentarily speechless. She realized that no matter if she hit me, scolded me, or mocked me, it was all useless.
Finally, under my calm gaze, she took a step back, though she still said stubbornly, “Hmph… I don’t want to eat her cooking.”
Don’t want to eat Xinran’s cooking? Based on the previous chapter, it seems Keling and Xinran’s relationship isn’t as good as it used to be… What happened between the three of us to make our relationship deteriorate to this point? …In any case, seeing Keling’s softened stance, I breathed a sigh of relief inwardly and said to her, “Mm, I made it, and I’ll be making it from now on.”
“You made it…. You can cook?”
“I’ve been learning lately, isn’t that okay? Alright, come down and eat. Oh, and change out of those clothes first. Wearing such light pajamas in the middle of the day, aren’t you afraid of catching a cold?”
“It’s nighttime already! Hmph… What’s wrong? Are you shy? Don’t you consider me your sister?”
She was certainly a pleasing sight, and incredibly cute, a hundred times cuter than the girls in swimsuit photo books. But if I surrendered at this point, it would be a betrayal of my strong spirit and my past “peach-colored” experiences.
“Hurry up and change, the food will get cold.”
“No way! You want me to change, so I’ll change? If you dare, help me change! Tsk, you wouldn’t dare touch me…”
“You said it yourself.”
I interrupted her forcefully and said to Keling expressionlessly, then reached out and placed my hand on her shoulder. Keling was clearly surprised by my decisiveness and flinched, shrinking her shoulders and covering her chest as she shuffled backward. So now you know to cover yourself… Helping my sister change is no longer a difficult task for me. What do you think happened in my previous world line? Keling finally snapped out of her daze, her face bright red, her cherry-like lips slightly parted, her lips trembling as she looked at me in disbelief.
“Y-you you you you…. Nooooooooooorrrr!!!!”
Keling let out a shriek, her shoulders trembling. She was scared after all. … If you’re scared, don’t be so stubborn… I sighed deeply in my heart and stopped touching her. Covering my ears, I walked to the wardrobe, opened a few drawers, and found the lingerie drawer at the very bottom. …Wow, what kind of underwear is this? It’s too revealing. Can you really wear something like this out? It’d be fine if you weren’t wearing a skirt… It seems I need to buy her some underskirts. Some still had the tags on, meaning they were never worn, brand new. I looked… What the heck?! This is outrageous, triple digits for underwear! I mean, is this small piece of fabric really that expensive? Scammers! …Are women’s undergarments really this expensive? Anyway, for now, I need to find something to replace it.
“Wait! What are you rummaging through!”
“Underwear, of course. Or do you want to wear clothes without underwear? Well, whatever makes you comfortable…”
“That’s not the point! Why are you so casually rummaging through my underwear drawer!”
“No, you’re the one who said you wanted me to help you change…”
“So you actually did it?! I can’t believe… Pervert!”
Although she was calling me a pervert, her tone was completely different from before. It was mostly embarrassment, with a small amount of shock. Most importantly, judging by her tone, Keling actually seemed a little happy…. When I said Xinran’s cooking was bad, Xinran was happy. And now, seeing my perverted act of rummaging through her underwear drawer, Keling is actually happy? What’s wrong with you two, are you masochists?
“Alright, this one should do. …It’s relatively less revealing.”
“Keling? Do you need me to help you change?”
“N-no! Let me… let me change myself!”
Heh, you’re lecturing me, but you’re no different yourself. Keling didn’t cross the line this time; she still had some self-respect, so her sense of shame was intact. So when I did something even more shameless, vulgar, and brazen, with a completely blank expression, Keling couldn’t take it anymore. Then, I took out a pair of shorts and a short-sleeved shirt from the wardrobe and threw them at her, then turned around so I wouldn’t see her. I could have just left, but I was afraid she’d be too embarrassed to change, so I decided to stay. This time, however, Keling obediently put them on. SF Light Novel
Hoo, finally covered up. After seeing her change, I raised an eyebrow and asked, “So, are you done? Are you coming downstairs with me?”
Keling’s face was still red, and she puffed out her cheeks, complaining, “Calling yourself a brother and treating your sister like this… It’s inhumane!”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
“And you’re not gentle at all!”
“I never expected a real-life sister to be so feisty.”
“Isn’t that because you’re so rough…”
“Or is it because you’re not cute at all?”
“What did you say!”
I shrugged and said nothing more. I just walked over, picked Keling up in a princess carry, and prepared to take her downstairs directly, as I was too tired to argue anymore. At this moment, Keling stopped talking, lowered her head, and clutched my collar with one hand. When was the last time I argued with Keling? No, there was no “last time.” Keling and I had never had such a bad relationship before. Because back then, she liked me. And I have some idea why our relationship has devolved into this state of brother-sister animosity. Perhaps… Keling already knows the truth. The truth I learned when I returned to the past. That’s why she hates me, her brother, from the bottom of her heart. She hates Xinran, who took her original place, and she hates us for hiding these things… It’s no wonder she became withdrawn.”
